Food idioms

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Food Idioms By Middle 3 students


As warm as toast

- very warm and cozy Our house was as warm as toast when we came in from the rain.


Bread and butter

- one's income or job used to buy the basic needs of life like food or shelter or clothing Most people are worried about bread-and-butter issues like jobs and taxes.


Bread and water

- the most basic meal that is possible (like you would get in prison) The prisoners were fed bread and water for several days last winter.


Greatest thing since sliced bread

- the greatest thing that there has ever been My mother believes that the microwave oven is the greatest thing since sliced bread.


Grist for the mill

- something that can be used to bring advantage or profit The information that we got on the Internet was grist for the mill of our company's operations.


Half a loaf is better than none

- having part of something is better than having nothing at all Half a loaf is better than none and I would rather work part-time than have no job at all.


Half-baked

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- to be not thought about or studied carefully Our friend has a half-baked idea about starting a new business but most of us think that it will fail.


Egg Idioms


have egg on one`s face


bad egg


good egg


lay an egg


put all one's eggs in one basket


teach one's grandmother to suck eggs


walk on eggshells


you can't make an omelette without breaking the eggs



Bite off more than one can chew


bite the hand that feeds one







as black as a skillet


burn to a crisp


Cook goose


Cook to perfection


Cook up or cook up


cook up a storm


done to a T


done to a Turn


Apple Idioms • Apple of one’s eye

• Easy as apple pie


• Bad apple (& rotten apple)

• Compare apple and oranges

• Polish the apple


• Rotten to the core

• Upset the apple cart


Bean Idioms • Full of beans

• Not knows beans about


To go back to work (this is a humorous expression to express going back to unpleasant work)


Something that is not very big or important compared with other things or people


Basic simple and good food, simple tastes


A question or argument that is controversial and difficult to settle


To suddenly stop being involved with someone or with something (usually because you are having problems and do not like him/her/it)


Someone who spends a lot of time on a couch watching television







A person that is admired by someone


Be pregnant


A person who is often in trouble


A VIP


Silly


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